Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

Learn more about the hunt for bacteria on Mars and how astronauts will need to make sure they aren't bringing any dormant ...

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These ...

A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on ...

Mars’s gravity shapes ice ages on Earth, new research finds - Red Planet’s gravity plays a significant role in climate cycles ...

Advances in technology have reopened the debate over terraforming Mars, shifting it from an impossible dream to a long-term scientific and ethical question.

Earth’s ice ages have long been blamed on subtle wobbles in our own orbit, but new research suggests a distant accomplice is ...

A Mars spacecraft has now been AWOL for more than a month. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN ...

Scientists propose using ice as a building material for Mars habitats, offering protection from radiation while allowing ...

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